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delved (into)

verb

past tense of delve (into)

as in explored

to search through or into we uncovered many interesting stories as we delved into the history of the house we were restoring

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As Godard portrayed it, the Greek epic was almost fated to attract and stump the most ambitious directors of our time, something that The New Yorker recently explored on the eve of Christopher Nolan’s adaptation.

— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
Researchers have explored its role in skin repair and in producing collagen and elastin.

— Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2026

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Separate shootings in Dallas left four people dead and 15 injured as police investigated whether three incidents in the Deep Ellum neighborhood were connected.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
Dang and colleagues investigated the fact that the bare rock of the dayside seemed to be cooler than should be expected.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2026

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The little prior research on any sort of relationship between voting in the United States and living longer largely examined how health status might predict later voting behaviors, Handy said.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
After more than two decades in space, the observatory examined over 2,000 GRBs and more than 1,400 supernovae.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2026

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